Brown County, Texas

In Brown County, jobs in the offices of physicians pay the highest wages

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Employment in the offices of physicians industry had the highest average wages in Brown County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Brown County received a wage of $54,278 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the industry wage in Texas of $68,019 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $64,740.

Other high-paying jobs in Brown County, Texas can be found in plastics product manufacturing ($48,968), machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($43,529), automobile dealers ($41,535) and offices of dentists ($40,250) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed Comparison

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Brown County Wages have increased by 13.2% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Brown County, Texas by a total of 13.2%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Texas and less than the growth in average wages for the US.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Brown County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Brown County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Florists industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 51.5 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Texas, where the it saw a loss of 25.7 percent. The losses in the Florists industry in Brown County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 23 in percent of jobs in the Florists industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Florists (51.5 percent decline)
2. Furniture stores (42.7 percent decline)
3. Consumer goods rental (34.7 percent decline)
4. Support activities for mining (32.9 percent decline)
5. Private households (22.1 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 5.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in the State of Texas, which saw a gain of 4.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Brown County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 121.2 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Brown County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where it saw a gain of 2.2 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Brown County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 0.2 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (121.2 percent gain)
2. Lessors of real estate (80.8 percent gain)
3. Activities related to real estate (77.5 percent gain)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (70.1 percent gain)
5. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (54.5 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Brown County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Home health care services industry has added the most employment with 94 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 17.9 percent of the growth in Brown County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (94 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (74 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (57 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (38 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (35 new jobs)

In Brown County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 666 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

From the 48 4-digit NAICS industries, 22 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 26 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Brown County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 29 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 14.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in Brown County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (29 jobs lost)
2. Nursing care facilities (26 jobs lost)
3. Support activities for mining (18 jobs lost)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (16 jobs lost)
5. Clothing stores (15 jobs lost)

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Brown County One-Year Industry Employment Change

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Brown County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 34.3 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 2.3 percent. The losses in the Lessors of real estate industry in Brown County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 0.2 in percent of workers in the Lessors of real estate industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (34.3 percent decline)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (32.2 percent decline)
3. Private households (17.8 percent decline)
4. Florists (15.8 percent decline)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (15.5 percent decline)

Brown County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 265.0 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Brown County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 4.1 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Brown County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (265.0 percent gain)
2. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (103.6 percent gain)
3. Specialized freight trucking (76.5 percent gain)
4. Support activities for mining (50.7 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (31.8 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 5.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

In Brown County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 665 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Brown County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Home health care services industry has added the most employment with 125 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Home health care services industry makes up 25.2 percent of the total employment growth in Brown County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (125 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (110 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (35 new jobs)
4. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (31 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (26 new jobs)

Out of the 58 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 24 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 34 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Brown County

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 25 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry make up 15.9 percent of the total employment decline in Brown County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (25 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (23 jobs lost)
3. Health and personal care stores (16 jobs lost)
4. Lessors of real estate (16 jobs lost)
5. Clothing stores (12 jobs lost)

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Brown County, Texas

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Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Brown County, Texas can be understood to have a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 17.2 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 45.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Brown County, reporting 32.8 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Hispanic in Brown County, Texas reported a median household income of $31,047, which is 14.3 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $31,200. This household income level is 13.9 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Brown County reported a median household income of $25,753, which was 28.9 percent less than the median income level in this area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 46.2 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $19,513. In Brown County, Texas White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,273 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 2.9 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Brown County accounted a medium-low household income of $36,240 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 28.9 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 35.6 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Brown County, Texas

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Brown County, Texas has a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 15 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Brown was reported to have a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Brown County, Texas according the 2000 Decennial Census, 15.8 percent of the White Alone, 10.2 percent of Black or African American, 35.8 percent of the Asian alone and 2.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Brown County, Texas, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 36 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Brown have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 15.4 percent (Men) versus 14.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 34 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Brown County, Texas

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When calculating the total land area, Brown encompasses a total area of 944 square miles. The county has a low average area density of 41 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Scott, TN (41 per sq. mile ), Howell, MO (41 per sq. mile ), Huron, MI (41 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Summit, CO (41 per sq. mile ), Nicholas, WV (41 per sq. mile ), Hood River, OR (41 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individuals have migrated to Brown from outside the country. The immigration into Brown makes up 0 percent of the total migration into the State of Texas. This percent of international migration is medium-low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Brown County, Texas to be 36.5 years old. The median in Brown is greater than the median age for the State of Texas of 33.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced a decline in the median, when the median age was 37.2 years old. With a total of 24.5 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Brown can be described as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 59.8 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 15.7 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

Brown County, Texas has a population that is made up of 76.7 percent White, 3.9 percent African American, 0.6 percent Asian, and 17.6 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 22.1 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Brown has increased the level of diversity when 20.0 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Brown County, Texas had an estimated population of 38,664 in the year 2005. The population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 37,716. This growth denotes an increase of 2.5 percent. Brown ranks 92 of 254 counties in terms of population growth in Texas and the county ranks 1,123 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Brown County, Texas

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In Brown County, there were a total of 18,311 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a total of 236 residential structures since 2001, a change of 1.3 percent.

The State of Texas, Brown County stands 180 of 254 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 2,449 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Brown County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $47,800, accounted by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall State of Texas 2000 home value of $82,500 and less than home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

According to the data, there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Brown County, Texas. In 2000, 91.8 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Brown County, Texas -- Annua...

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Employment Report for Brown County, Texas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Brown County ranks 56 of 255 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of Texas in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 54 of 255 Counties.

Real estate and rental and leasing saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Brown County, changing a total of 42.5 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 4.3 percent. The State of Texas had an industry job change of 0.6 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Brown County. The industry averages 58 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the State of Texas typical size of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Brown County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade and Utilities have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 2.16. This means the percent of total employment in the Manufacturing sector is 2.16 times greater than the national average, signifying that Brown may be an exporter of products or services of Manufacturing.

In Brown County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 27.8 percent of total employment in the county, making up 3,434 people employed. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 16.2 and 9.2 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).